Lot 255: JEAN-SIMON BERTHéLEMY (LAON 1743-1811 PARIS)

JEAN-SIMON BERTHéLEMY (LAON 1743-1811 PARIS) A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A BACCHANTE PLAYING THE CYMBALS AND A SLEEPING FAUN SIGNED AND DATED 'BERTHELEMY 1783' (CENTRE RIGHT) OIL ON CANVAS, UNFRAMED 21¾ X 26 IN. (55.3 X 66.1 CM.)

M. SANDOZ, JEAN-SIMON BERTHéLéMY 1743-1811, PARIS, 1979, PP. 98-9, NO. 54 (AS LOST). N. VOLLE, JEAN-SIMON BERTHéLéMY (1743-1811) PEINTRE D'HISTOIRE, PARIS, 1979, P. 88, NO. 69, WHERE WRONGLY RECORDED AS DATED '1785' (AS LOST).

(PROBABLY) MARQUIS DE VéRI, PARIS; HIS SALE, L'HôTEL DE BULLION, PARIS, 12 DECEMBER 1785, LOT 47, WHERE OFFERED WITH ITS PENDANT 'JUPITER ET ANTIOPE'. (PROBABLY) ROBERT HENRY, EARL OF PEMBROKE (1791-1862); HIS SALE (+), 19 PLACE VENDOME, PARIS, 30 JUNE 1862, LOT 24. MRS. PAUPER; HER SALE (+), HôTEL DROUOT, PARIS, 12-15 MARCH 1873 [FIRST DAY], LOT 1. GUSTAVE MüLBACHER; HIS SALE, GALERIE GEORGES PETIT, PARIS, 15-18 MAY 1899 [FIRST DAY], LOT 1. ETIENNE ACCARY; HIS SALE, HôTEL DROUOT, PARIS, 22-24 FEBRUARY 1939, LOT 74.